Tag: doctor
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AFCON Final: Don’t watch Nigeria v Cote d’Ivoire if you have heart condition – Doctor warns
An Akure-based medical practitioner and Chief Medical Director of Sckye Hospital, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, has warned Super Eagles fans and football lovers who are highly emotional and have heart conditions to avoid Sunday’s final. Ikubese, who stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on
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Bobrisky undergoes boobs enlargement surgery
Controversial Nigerian Cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, has announced his boobs enlargement surgery.
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How Abia govt uncovered ‘japa’ doctors still earning salaries
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has revealed that the state had uncovered on its payroll some doctors who left the state employment and migrated abroad to seek greener pastures, in what is commonly known as japa. According to the governor, such doctors are still collecting salaries from the state despite that they have left…
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Return home, Tinubu pleads with Nigerian doctors abroad, amid hardship in Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerian medical practitioners in the diaspora to return to the country to serve Nigerians and to contribute their quota to the development of Nigeria’s medical sector and also to serve Nigerians. The President made the call at the unveiling of Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative at the State…
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US endorses first gene therapies to treat sickle cell patients
The US Food and Drug Administration approved two milestone treatments, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, representing the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) in patients 12 years and older. Additionally, one of these therapies, Casgevy, is the first FDA-approved treatment to utilize a type of novel genome editing technology, signaling an…
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Reps to investigate death of medical doctor on duty in LUTH
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the death of Dr. Michael Umoh, a personnel at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) who died on duty. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Adedayo Adesola
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Just In: ‘Wahala’ looms as FG declares Resident Doctors strike illegal
… says no work no pay The Federal Government has warned members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to shelve their planned five-day warning strike, describing it as illegal. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, issued the warning today shortly after receiving a letter from the NARD executive notifying him of the…
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Eschew politics from governance, Emu advises leaders
A lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Dr Kingsley Emu has advised leaders in government to draw a line between politics and governance in the assemblage of their teams to enable them deliver effectively on envisioned goals. The advice was one of the vital points made by Dr Kingsley Emu, guest lecturer at the University…
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Medical doctor remanded in prison for allegedly raping a patient
An Ilorin Magistrates’Court on Thursday remanded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly raping a patient. The suspect was arraigned on two counts of act of gross indecency and rape contrary to sections 285 and 283 of the penal code.
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Just In: Resident Doctors give FG two weeks ultimatum or face strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors has given the Federal Government two weeks to implement agreements concerning their demands or face industrial disharmony. The resident doctors disclosed this in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of their Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting held in Abeokuta, Ogun state. The meeting which held from Thursday,…